Case Report - (2018) Volume 7, Issue 2

Traumatic Lumbar Puncture is Unlikely to Reduce Modern Molecular Detection of HSV Encephalitis (HSVE)

Kacy A Ramirez1,2,3,4*, Rebecca Thompson2, Ishita Pareek2, Carson House2, Noel T. Lenny2,4, Anami Patel1,2,4 and John P DeVincenzo1,2,4,5
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
2Methodist Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
3Department of Infectious Disease, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
4Children’s Foundation Research Institute, Memphis, TN, United States
5Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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